Survivors of suicide do grieve differently: Empirical support for a common sense proposition

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 256-271

  Bailley, Steven E ^b   Kral, Michael J ^c   Dunham, Katherine ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SHAME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032874059     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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